The DMR Rhythm is back and ready to take on anything you can throw its way, whether it’s pumptracks, 4X or dirt jumps.
The new DMR Rhythm takes an alloy frame, 26″ wheels and sliding dropouts to make a versatile play bike that harks back to a time when we took riding a little less seriously.
Photos by CA Greenwood.
Key features:
- 6061 T6 frameset
- 26” wheels
- “Regular” 401mm reach or “Long” 420mm reach
- 142x12mm geared or 135x10mm single speed
- Sliding dropout system for chain tensioning and adjusting chainstay length
- Fork compatibility: 100-140mm
- Up to 2.5” tyres
- £375.00 RRP (frame only)
- DMRBikes.com
DMR’s new Rhythm has a taste of the old school but with a few modern tweaks that keep this classic very much alive. Who said 26″ alloy hardtails were a think of the past?
Updated with a tapered head tube and modern geometry, the CNC’d chainstay yoke and sliding dropouts definitely hep give the Rhythm that classic feel. Crucially, the Rhythm runs on 26″ wheels but with enough room in the back end to run a 2.5″ tyre.
Some enduro bikes that haven’t quite got with the times have shorter reaches than the longer Rhythm, and there’s two lengths available. ‘Regular’ comes in with a 401mm reach, combined with a teeny 330mm seat tube, head tube angle is a playful 69.5 degrees. On the ‘Long’, reach extends to 420mm but with that same seat tube length and head tube angle.
Combine the reach options with the adjustable chainstay/wheelbase length offered by the sliding dropouts, and the frame’s ability to run anything from 100mm to 140mm travel fork, you can set the Rhythm up the way you want it.
Frames will be available mid-September as a frame-only at £375.00. Frames come with one set of dropouts, so make sure you get the right ones.
